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Apollo 1

Crewed Lunar Program Missions

Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was scheduled to launch on February 21, 1967 as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module. The mission never flew: a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967 killed all three crew members, Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger Chaffee, and destroyed the command module. The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.

Facts
Mission Type
Crewed spacecraft verification test 1
End Date
1967-01-27 1
Outcome
Never flew. A cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967 killed all three crew members and destroyed the command module before the planned February 21, 1967 launch could take place. 2
Partially Attested
Launch Date
1967-02-21 1
This is the mission's planned launch date. Apollo 1 never actually launched, due to the January 27, 1967 fire.
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Crewed Mission 1
Connections

Crewed By

Ed White, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Apollo 1 (Wikipedia)Lead section
Gus Grissom, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Apollo 1 (Wikipedia)Lead section

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Sources
1. Apollo 1 (Wikipedia)
  • infobox, Mission type field
    Crewed spacecraft verification test
  • infobox, Launch date field
    February 21, 1967 (planned)
  • infobox, Loss of crew field
    January 27, 1967
  • Apollo 1 article, lead section
    a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test...killed all three crew members...and destroyed the command module
  • Part Of: Apollo Program, Apollo 1
    Apollo program
  • Crewed By: Gus Grissom, Lead section
    The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967 killed all three crew members-Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B.
  • Crewed By: Ed White, Lead section
    The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967 killed all three crew members-Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B.
  • In Group: Apollo Program Missions, Lead sentence
    Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Apollo 1 article, infobox and lead section
    Destroyed...on January 27, 1967...during ground testing
  • Operated By: NASA, Apollo 1
    Operator: NASA
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